Cigar.



No- 829,296. PATENTED AUG. 21, 1906.

J. ROSALES. CIGAR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.21, 1905.

(inventor,

LVih Luam W 2 2460 g UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 21, 1906.

Application filed September 21, 1905. Serial No. 279,565.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Josi'z RosALns, a citizen of the Philippine Islands,residing at the city of Manila, Island of Luzon, Philippine Islands,have invented new and useful Irnprovements in Cigars, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to the process of terminating the end of a cigarwithout the use of paste or adhesive, and has for its object to renderthe manufactured article cleaner, more sanitary, and more agreeable.

In the manufacture of cigars from leaf tobacco it is necessary thatmeans be adopted for preserving the shape of the cigar and to preventthe same from falling apart that the free end of the outer wrapper besecured in place, and this has hitherto been effected by the a plicationof paste or other adhesive to said ee end, which caused successive foldsof said outer wrapper to adhere and remain in place.

Instead of depending upon the agency of an adhesive for the securing ofthe free end of the outer wrapper I employ for the securing of the freeend of the outer wrap er of the cigar a process whereby the shape 0 thecigar when rolled is left with a long and slender end of which the freeend of the outer wrapper forms a part, and which free end is then tiedin a secure knot, which holds the outer wrapper absolutely and securelyin place and renders unnecessary the use or employment of any foreimatter in the manufacture of the cigar. T e process whereby this end isaccomplished is more elaborately described as follows:

The drawing represents a view in perspective of the finished product ofmy invention.

The cigar is rolled in any desired shape and size, and the process ofrolling so far as the filler, and binder are concerned is the usual andordinary process. For a wrapper a full half-leaf of suitable size is'selected and is applied in the usual manner, either in spiral folds orotherwise, applying the oint of the leaf at the combustion end of filecigar in such a way that when the entire cigar is covered by the wrapperthere remains free a curved base of the leaf. Instead of cutting thiscurved base in the form suitable to cover the point of the cigar andpasting same over such point, as has heretofore been done, the curvedbase of the leaf is tightly rolled upon itself into a long and slenderstem. This stem is then tied into a simple knot, fitting close upon theoint of the cigar, and the cigar is then finis ed by cutting away thesurlus end close to the cigar.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is

A cigar consisting of a suitable filler and a wrapper therefor woundaround said filler, said wrapper being twisted and knotted at the pointof the cigar, substantially as-described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

J. ROSALES.

Witnesses:

F. CoULA, V. MUNTADAS.

